Hat and clothes hook



D, ()KAMOTG.

HAT AND BLOTHES HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1am

INVENTOR 3/4 2222? fizz/27012 ATTORNEY DAITAKE OKAMOTO, OF NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

I-IA'I AND CLOTHES HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dune 3, 1919.

Application filed January 13, 1919. Serial No. 270,823.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dnrrxnn OKAMOTO, a subject of the Emperor of Japan residing at North Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of iVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat and Clothes Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hooks; and its object is to produce a neat appearing, inexpensively constructed and efficient device of this character.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and' claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a wall type of garment hook embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view in the form of a ceiling or hanger-hook; and Fig.

3 is a view partly inside elevation and partly in vertical section of the hook shown in Fig. 2.

Referring now to the wall hook illustrated in Fig. 1, the numeral 4; designates a body formed, preferably, in a single piece by casting the same from brass or other suitable metal. Said body comprises a wall plate 5 from which project substantially horizontal tubular members or arms 6 and 7 connected, preferably, by a bracket member 8.

The upper member 6 is provided with a cylindrical chamber 9 extending from its outer end 10 to a shoulder 11 whence extends a relatively small passage 12 to the rear face 13 of said body.

14 represents a hook having a shank 15 terminating in a stub 16 which is screwthreaded for engaging with a female thread 17 provided at the outer end of the chamber 9. A second hook 18 has its shank 19 con nected in like manner by a screw-threaded stub 20 engageable with a female thread 21 provided at the outer end of the cavity 22 in arm 7. Integral with and projecting from the stub 20 is a stem element 23.

In the hanger type of my invention, illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the body 4 comprises an upright tubular member 24- having near its lower end laterally projecting arms 25 and 26. The arm 25 is formed at its outer end with a hook 27. The other arm 26, similarly to the arm 7 of the other embodiment of the invention, is provided with a cavity 22 having a female thread 21 at its outer end to accommodate the threaded stub element 20 of a hook 18 the stub 20 being also provided with a stem 23 (Fig. 3) projecting therefrom. The member 2 1, like the member 6 (Fig. 1) is formed interiorly to provide a chamber 9 and a passage 12 respectively extending in opposite directions from a shoulder 11 Fitting within the screw-threaded end of chamber 9 is a threaded stub 16 of a hook 14 Included in the invention are means for securing the body of a garment hook to a wall or ceiling and consisting of a rod 28 having at one end a head 29 through which extends diametrically a hole 29 The other end of said rod is tapered and provided with a worm or screw-thread 30. Adjacent the threaded portion of the rod, the latter is formed to provide a collar 81, disposed so that when a rod is inserted in the body to have the collar seat against the shoulder 11 (Fig. 1), the threaded portion of the rod will protrude from the rear face 13 of the body, and the rod-head 29 will protrude from the member 6, as in Fig. 1, or the 1nember 24;, as in Fig. 2, suiiiciently far to expose the hole 29 thereof in the associated mem her outside of the latter.

To accommodate the part of a rod head which protrudes from a member 6 (or 24) a recess 32 is provided in the stub and shank of the respective hook 14:, or 14 To secure the body 4: of my wall garment hook in place, the hook 14; is removed and with the stem 23 inserted as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 through the hole 29 of the rod head 29. The stem and associated hook are employed as indicated by 23 and 18 in Fig. 1, by the operator, as a handle to turn the rod and effect its being screwed into the wall until the face 13 of the body is brought firmly against the wall. The hook 18 is then Vv'lthCll'ZUVIl from the rod hole 29 and returned to its full-line position in arm 7 and the hook 14 secured to the member 6.

The device shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is applied in the same way with respect to a ceiling. To prevent the body being rotated about the axis of the securing rod, protuberances or wall-penetrating points such as 33 (Fig. 1) may advantageously be provided near the lower end of the wall piece 5; and, similarly, protuberances 33 are de sirably provided to project upwardly from the ceiling contact end 13 of the body a shown in Fig. 3.

that I claim, is-

1. In combination, a clothes hook comprising a body having a tubular member provided with a chamber extending from its outer end to a shoulder in proximity to the other end of the member and communicating with a passage extending from said shoulder to the adj accent-face ofthe body, a rod extending through said member and engageable interiorly of thelatter with said shoulder, said rod having a screw threaded en'd protruding from said passage .anda head provided o-n the rod outside of said member for rotating the rod to cause the threaded end thereof to be screwed intoor from a wall, and means engageable in the outer end of said member to cover said rod head.

2. A clothes hook comprisinga body hav ing a tubular member and a tubular arm, hooks provided Withstub elements engageable Within-the outer ends, respectively, of said member and arm, aistem provided on one of said stub elements, and means for attaching the clothes llOOlLtO a Wall, .said

Copiesof this patent may be obtained for means consisting of a rod having at one end a head provided With an aperture in which the aforesaid stem is engageable, a screwthread at the other end of the rod, and means provided on the rod and engageable with the body interiorly of said tubular member.

3. Av clothes hook comprising a body having a tubular member and a tubular arm provided at their outer ends with: internal screw ;threads, hooks -provided ,With threaded stub elements engageable \vithtlie respective .internal screw threads, a stem provided on one of said stub e1ements,.and means for attaohingthe clothes hook to a Wall, said DA'ITAKE 'oKAMoTo.

.Witnesses JAMES J. THEODORE, ROBERT M. Jo Y.

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